To send a DM on Twitter, use the envelope-shaped Message icon in the app or website. You usually have to follow someone before you can send a DM.

From there, you can scroll down to “Unread message icon” and click “Disable.” Be sure to save your changes! Hi there. Google is aware of the change and is currently looking into it.

With every app change, learning new icons and tools is an adjustment period. The Google Messages app is going through that now, changing up what a sent, delivered, and read message icon looks like.